The Muscle of the Soul: Voice and Artist

Richard Armstrong brings 40 years of expertise in human sound to this three day intensive. Richard’s practice is firmly rooted in the belief that the voice is a manifestation of the psyche, the "muscle of the soul". He reveals that the sounds we make are the audible glue which binds our inner and outer words together through the container of our bodies and the boundless universe of our imaginations.

The vocal training central to these workshops focuses on exploring and expanding range and character, through use of breath, movement, body alignment, and physical grounding. There is a special emphasis on the connection between the voice and the personality of each participant.  Workshops are open to all performance creators regardless of their vocal awareness/practice.

Richard Armstrong’s unique experience as a pioneer of the extension of the human voice began in the sixties when, as a founding member of the Roy Hart Theatre in France, he helped create one of Europe’s most influential schools of voice and body research. From that time on, his work as teacher, director, and performer has taken him to over 30 countries, and inspired a whole generation of performers and their work. Richard is associate arts professor for New York University’s Experimental Theater Wing at the Tisch School of the Arts and its international summer school in Amsterdam. For more information on Richard Armstrong and his work, please visit http://www.richardarmstrong.info

His students follow him around the world, flying thousands of miles to take yet another workshop. In class he has the noble bearing, the sureness and beauty of a lion and yet presents the work simply and in a manner that never encourages his students to make a guru of him. –Fides Krucker, author

REGISTER NOW for this workshop—it will sell out quickly!  For more information or to register, contact Erica at 773.281.0824 or emott@linkshall.org

Presenter

Experimental Sound Studio

URL: 

http://www.exsost.org/

Contact Information: 

5925 N Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60660
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Organization Description: 

Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986, dedicated to the promotion, production, presentation, and preservation of innovative and diverse approaches to the sonic arts, and to the integration of these art forms into the public.

Event Location

Venue: 

Experimental Sound Studio

Neighborhood: 

Ravenswood